Church and proclamation of the Gospel according to Martin Luther
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Abstract
The proclamation of the Word of God or Gospel, the Word preached, has a capital importance in Luther's ecclesiology. From his writings in the 1520s right up to his treatises "The Councils and the Church" (1539) and "Against John the Fool" (1541), he stresses this proclamation, even making it a mark or sign of the Church. It is a preaching which comforts, which pushes believers to holiness and which should be done in a bold manner: the "true Church" neither doubts nor wavers.
Keywords
- Luther
- Church
- Gospel
- Holiness
